Freescale Semiconductor

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 company_slogan = n/a|
 foundation     = 2003 (as a Motorola spin-off)|
 location       = Austin, Texas|
 key_people     = Michel Mayer, CEO |
 num_employees  = 22,000|
 industry       = Semiconductors|

 revenue        = USD 5.84 billion (2005)|
 homepage       = www.freescale.com

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American corporation Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Template:Nyse) is a semiconductor manufacturer. It was created from the semiconductor product sector of Motorola during 2004. Freescale focuses on the embedded and communications markets for their chips.

Motorola announced the spinoff on October 6 2003. Freescale completed its IPO on July 16 2004 and is now trading on NYSE under the symbol FSL.

Freescale has also been a source of PowerPC microprocessor chips for Apple Computer Inc's PowerBooks and Mac Mini products until the Apple Intel transition in 2006.

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